#grasshopper sparrow

[scottpartridge]

For #BugsInBloom2026 a #Grasshopper + #Sunflower. Plus a Grasshopper Sparrow.

#BugsinBloom is hosted by

@heathermuellerdesign @jillian.nichole.illustration @kim_ko_design @palindromeart @megpieprint @shellypenko

[julianplum]

🪻🌼🐝🪶🌿💕 // early establishers // spread from Gardening for Biodiversity by the Wild Seed Project // gouache on hot press paper

[spinus-pinus]

Grasshopper Sparrow Ammodramus savannarum

6/2024 Wake County, North Carolina

Taylor Deckard via iNaturalist, CC-BY-NC

[thewarblerrr]

Grasshopper sparrow wip should I finish him…

[tinylongwing]

Finally, the last of the Waymakers birds, for my mom, who helped me on a Grasshopper Sparrow project this summer. Thanks so much for the support - not just for Waymakers but everything else, too!

Wow, we definitely beat last year - 13 birds to 2023's 10 (and one donor this year who requested no bird and just wanted to give)! What an amazing event!

[podartists]

Junco hyemalis | Spizella passerina | Spizella pusilla | Amphispiza bilineata | Pooecetes gramineus | Ammodramus savannarum | Passerculus sandwichensis

Plate XXIII | Die Nordamerikanische Vogelwelt (1891)

[youngarrogantugly]

final destination if they were new-world sparrows

[uncharismatic-fauna]

Uncharismatic Fact of the Day

If you ever hear a grasshopper chirping in a patch of tall grass, take a closer look-- it might really be a grasshopper sparrow! These birds are unique in that they are one of only a few species of North American sparrows to have two distinct songs. One is a series of squeaky chirps that males perform in flight; the other is a buzz almost identical to that of grasshoppers! What's more, most adults prefer to spend their time hopping on the ground looking for tasty bugs rather than flying, so they are often confused for insects.

(Image: A grasshopper sparrow (Ammodramus savannarum) by Marky Mutchler)

Bonus: Check out this weird-looking grasshopper!